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NEWS
Carleton College
News Service
Northfield, Minnesota 55057
(507) 663-4183, 663-4184
April 3, 1985
SP111
Patricia Martin, Director
WAR AND LITERATURE TALK AT CARLETON
Northfield, Minn.--Dr. Ronald Glasser, a physician who has
drawn on his experiences in the Vietnam War for a widely
acclaimed non-fiction book and a new novel, will speak at
Carleton College Monday, April 22.
Glasser's talk, titled "The Effects of the Vietnam War
on American Literature, Education and Society," will begin
at 3:00 p.m. in Severance Great Hall* A public reception
will follow in the Carleton Bookstore in Sayles-Hill Campus
Center from 4:00-5:00 p.m.
At 7:30 that evening Glasser will speak on "Libraries,
Librarians, English Teachers and the War at the Northfield
Public Library, Division and Third Street East.
Glasser is the author of four books, including 365
Days, an account of the effects of the war on Americans,
and Another War/Another Peace, just published by Summit
Books* This novel tells of a young doctor in "med-cap," a
program which sent medical officers into Vietnamese
villages*
A physician now practicing in Minneapolis and
St* Paul, Glasser served from 1968-1970 as a medical
officer in the United States Army at the Army Evacuation
Hospital, Camp Zama, Japan*
Glasser has seldom spoken publicly about his work and
his views. But he was the source of considerable
controversy when 365 Days was banned by a library in Maine.
This incident was the subject of an extensive profile for
The New Yorker by Francis Fitzgerald in January 1984.
His talks and the reception are open to the public
without charge.
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NEWS
Carleton College
News Service
Northfield, Minnesota 55057
(507) 663-4183, 663-4184
April 3, 1985
SP111
Patricia Martin, Director
WAR AND LITERATURE TALK AT CARLETON
Northfield, Minn.--Dr. Ronald Glasser, a physician who has
drawn on his experiences in the Vietnam War for a widely
acclaimed non-fiction book and a new novel, will speak at
Carleton College Monday, April 22.
Glasser's talk, titled "The Effects of the Vietnam War
on American Literature, Education and Society," will begin
at 3:00 p.m. in Severance Great Hall* A public reception
will follow in the Carleton Bookstore in Sayles-Hill Campus
Center from 4:00-5:00 p.m.
At 7:30 that evening Glasser will speak on "Libraries,
Librarians, English Teachers and the War at the Northfield
Public Library, Division and Third Street East.
Glasser is the author of four books, including 365
Days, an account of the effects of the war on Americans,
and Another War/Another Peace, just published by Summit
Books* This novel tells of a young doctor in "med-cap," a
program which sent medical officers into Vietnamese
villages*
A physician now practicing in Minneapolis and
St* Paul, Glasser served from 1968-1970 as a medical
officer in the United States Army at the Army Evacuation
Hospital, Camp Zama, Japan*
Glasser has seldom spoken publicly about his work and
his views. But he was the source of considerable
controversy when 365 Days was banned by a library in Maine.
This incident was the subject of an extensive profile for
The New Yorker by Francis Fitzgerald in January 1984.
His talks and the reception are open to the public
without charge.
if it It it